False fire alarms can play havoc with a school day, as well as place huge strain on the fire services. But there are ways to reduce the number of incidents, advises the Fire Industry Association.

Community leisure in partnership with schools Sports In March this year, Prime Minister David Cameron announced that primary school sport is set to be transformed due to a £150 million-a-year boost ...

Comment: DfE's Jennifer Williams on procurement Procurement The start of a new school year provides us the ideal opportunity to challenge and break our buying habits, writes Jennifer Williams, ...

Breathing life into old school buildings Design and Build Dilapidated school buildings across England are undergoing major renovations and repairs as part of the government’s £2.4 billion programme to ...

New data from UCAS shows that only 32.5 per cent of Welsh 18-year-olds had applied to university by the end of June this year ...

The government has unveiled new Technical Excellence Colleges, which will be situated up and down the country to train and ...

Passive design: the future of our schools? When it comes to tomorrow’s school buildings, the concept of ‘passive design’ could help lower bills and fight the climate crisis while keeping staff and ...

The hidden danger of fire extinguishers Fire Safety Fire extinguishers are a vital part of fire protection, but all too often, they get misused as door stops – or worse left in a corner and forgotten ...

Funding for schools and football clubs to link up Sports Pupils at Stretford High School could not contain their delight when Manchester United’s manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, paid them a visit. With a ...

The impact of the Carillion collapse Facilities Management At the beginning of the year, it was announced that facilities management firm Carillion – which provides services for the education sector – ...

The Welsh government is part-funding Wales’ Summer Reading Challenge, which sees children try to read at least six books to unlock rewards like a meda ...

These systemic changes to the English (and Welsh) education system form the backdrop of the Higher Education Policy Institute ...